MONAGEA IDEAL FOR A BIT OF FUN

 

MONAGEA LEE FEATURED IN THE 'FOR SALE' SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE IS AN IDEAL GREYHOUND FOR AN OWNER OR OWNERS LOOKING FOR A BIT OF FUN. STILL VERY YOUNG (OCTOBER 11 WHELP) THIS DOG POSSESSES GRETA EARLY SPEED AND IS COMIG TO HAND WITH EVERY RUN. ALREADY VICTORIOUS ON TWO OCCASSIONS, ONE OF WHICH SAW HIM BREAK 29 SECONDS, LEE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT STIFLED BY POOR DRAWS SINCE. HOWEVER HE SHOWS REAL RAW SPEED AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF WINS IN THIS FELLA FOR ANY PROSPECTIVE BUYER.

 

HAVE A LOOK AT LEE AND OTHER GREYHOUNDS IN OUR 'FOR SALE' SECTION AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HIM OR IN BUYING A GREYHOUND AND YOU WOULD LIKE SOME HELP OR ADVICE RING PAT ON  07795097574.

 

 

MORE AMIGOS THAN BUDDIES

 

TERRY KENEALY RECENTLY RETURNED TO VILLAGE FARM AFTER A SABBATICAL FROM GREYHOUND OWNERSHIP OF AMOST THREE YEARS. TERRY HAS ENTRUSTED US WITH HANDLING HIS RACING GREYHOUNDS FOR NIGH ON A DECADE AND HE AND I GET ON EXTREMELY WELL, THE 'AMIGOS' WE ARE KNOWN AS TO EACH OTHER AS, A WORD THAT HAS ENDED TXTS AND PHONE CALLS BETWTEEN US ON HUNDREDS OF OCCASSIONS. ALONG HIS FATHER, TERRY SNR, AND HIS SON MARTIN WE'VE HAD MANY A GOOD NIGHT AND EVEN ENJOYED A BIT OF FOOTBALL AND HORSE RACING TOGETHER. THE KENEALYS ARE GREAT PEOPLE!

 

TERRY FIRST CAME TO US IN 2003,WHEN WE WERE BASED IN HAREFIELD. HE ASKED US TO TRAIN HIS FIRST DOG FIVEFOLD FLYER. THINGS WENT WELL AND SOON TERRY HAD TWO OR THREE HOUNDS IN OUR CARE. HE ALWAYS KEEPS A GOOD CLASS OF GREYHOUND AND FARLOE MILLIE WAS PROBABLY HIS BEST. SHE WAS AN OPEN CLASS BITCH THAT POSTED SOME TERRIFIC TIMES AND BUT FOR INJURY COULD'VE GONE ALL THE WAY. RECENTLY TERRY, ALONG WITH THREE OF HIS OLDEST PALS, HAVE  CALLED ON US AGAIN AND THIS TIME THEY'VE PURCHASED FARLOE BUDDY. A DOG WITH SOME HUGE RUNS ON HIS CARD TO DATE BUDDY HAD RECENTLY COMPETED IN THE ENGLISH DERBY. HOPEFULLY A BIG NIGHT OR TWO ARE ON THE HORIZON FOR TERRY AND THE BOYS WHEN BUDDY IS IN FULL FLOW! BEST OF LUCK AMIGO 'THIS TIME NEXT YEAR...........'

 

 

STILL HERE AND STILL SMILING

 

 

IN THE COMING WEEKS WE WILL BE WORKING HARD TO REPLENISH OUR NUMBERS ON THE MONMORE RACING STRENGTH BY REGRADING THE DOGS THAT HAD RECENTLY FALLEN FOUL OF INJURY. I THINK ITS ALSO  WORTH MAKING THE POINT THAT WE ARE EXPECTNG AN INFLUX OF YOUNG DOGS AND THIS IS VITAL IF WE ARE TO PROGRESS. AT LILYPAD WE TRY TO GET THE BEST OUT OF THE DOGS IN OUR CARE FOR THE LONGEST PERIODS POSSIBLE BUT I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO REALISE THAT THERE MAY BE A TIME WHEN LOSING A LENGTH OR TWO DUE TO AGE OR INJURY OR BOTH MEANS THAT WINS WILL BECOME HARDER TO COME BY.

 

AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE THE HARD WORK ETHIC AND  MAINTAIN FOCUS THE YEAR WILL SOON GET BACK ON TRACK AND WHATEVER WE DO OR WHATEVER CHALLENGES WE FACE WE MUST DO SO WITH A SMILE ON OUR FACE ............. BECAUSE THATS THE LILYPAD WAY!!

 

 

PACIFIC FLOWS THROUGH THE RAIN

 

PARADISE PACIFIC ALWAYS SO EASY ON THE EYE IN HIS RACING ROARED FROM THE BACK OF THE FIELD TO LAND THE SPOILS IN THE A2 AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. THE LAST HOUR OR SO OF THE MEETING WAS RAVAGED BY THE WEATHER AS TORRENTIAL RAINS BESEACHED THE WOLVERHAMTON VENUE AND RACING WAS DELAYED FOR OVER HALF AN HOUR AS LYING WATER MEANT THAT THE HARE WOULD NOT RUN AT FULL SPEED. AFTER PERSISTANCE FROM THE TRACK TEAM RACING RESUMED AND PACIFIC CAME UP WITH HIS AWESOME DISPLAY!

 

BREAKING FIFTH, HE TRACKED BRILLIANTLY THROUGH THE FIELD TO CONTEND AT THE THIRD. AT THIS POINT HE WAS THE VICTIM OF A KNOCK-ON-EFFECT OF TROUBLE BY THOSE MARGINALLY AHEAD OF HIM AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY CROWDED OUT TOWARD THE HARE RAIL. IN A FLASH THE DOG SORTED OUT HIS FEET, READJUSTED HIS COURSE AND CAME UNDER A NUMBER OF RUNNERS OFF THELAST TO BURST THROUGHT THE MIDDLE ON TH ERUN IN AND PREVAIL GOING AWAY IN 29.17 ON A VERY HEAVY SURFACE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE AND SIMPLY BRILLIANT TO WATCH. WELL DONE PEPE!!

 

 

 

KINLOCH BRAE PUPS ARRIVE SAFELY

 

THE TWO KINLOCH BRAE (ABOVE) PUPPIES THAT YOURS TRULY RECENTLY ACQUIRED ARRIVED SAFELY AT VILLAGE FARMM THIS MORNING. THE BLACK DOG AND BITCH ARE BY CRAZY ERIN, A DAUGHTER OF CRAZY JANE WHO HAS THROWN TOP EVERY CLASS IN EVERY LITTER. JANES MOST NOTICEABLE PROGENY ARE EDEN BRETT, DIESEL MALC, SHEEPWALK MAC AND EDEN ROCKET ALLO F WHOM WON CATEGOEY ONE COMPETITIONS AND NOW HAVE LITTERS ON THE GROUND.

 

ERINS PROGENY WILL ALSO BE FAMILIAR TO MONMORE REGULARS AS OUR TIMBER YARD AND KIM BILLINGHAMS INVISIBLE SPIRIT ARE FORM A PREVIOUS LITTER. SO TO IS YOGA MAN, WHO IS WITH MATT DARTNELL, A VERY FAST DOG THAT SADLY INJURY PREVENTED GOING ON TO MUCH GREATER HEIGHTS.

 

THESE PUPS ARE FOUR MONTHS OLD AND  AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE,  REARING ON CAN BE ARRANGED WITH A TERRIFIC REARER IN NORTH WALES. ANYONE INTERESTED CAN CONTACT PAT ON 07795097574.

 

 

EXPRESS DELIVERY BY CATHY AGAIN

 

BARRY WARNERS CATHYS EXPRESS FOLLOWED HER RECENT VICTORY WITH ANOTHER TRAP TO LINE EFFORT IN THE STRATEGIC REVIEW DOG OF THE MONTH STAKES AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. THIS VICTORY TAKES CATHYS FIGURES TO FIVE WINS FROM FOURTEEN RACES AND DESPITE HAVE ONE OR TWO INJURY PROBLEMS IN THE PAST SHE HAS SERVED THE WARNER FAMILY WELL WHEN FIT. LAST NIGHT SHE EXPLODED FROM TRAPS TO JUSTIFY FAVOURITISM WINNING BY TWO LENGTHS IN 29.17. CATHY WAS OUR ONLY VICTOR ON THE NIGHT WITH OUR OTHER THREE RUNNERS ALL FINDING TROUBLE IN THEIR RACES.

 

 

VETERAN ZIDANE ON 212 TONIGHT

 

EDEN ZIDANE MAY BE WELL IN TO HIS VETERAN STATUS BUT HE STILL RETAINS AN UNQUESTIONABLE ZEST FOR RACING AND A GOOD AMOUNT OF ABILITY TO BOOT! KNOWN TO HIS HANDLERS AS ZIZOU THE DECEMBER 2008 WELP IS A PROPER GENTLEMAN TO WORK WITH AND ALWAYS GIVE 100%. HE HAS RUN IN GOOD COMPANY FOR VIRTUALLY ALL HIS RACING CAREER AND DESPITE SLIPPING A TAD OF LATE HE STILL POSSESSES HIS MAIN ATTRIBUTES, GOOD TRAPPING, DECENT EARLY AND BEING ABLE TO RUN A BRILLIANT FIRST BEND!

 

ZIDANE SUFFERED A GRACILLUS INJURY AND IT WAS THOUGHT HE MAY NOT RUN AGAIN BUT THE DOG IS AN ABSOLOUTE WARRIOR AND EVERY TIME HE'S WRITTEN OFF HE BOUNCES BACK AND HE QUITE INCREDIBLY, GIVEN THE NATURE OF HIS PROBLEMS, RETAINS GREAT EARLY PACE. VIEWERS TO RPGTV WILL GET CHANCE TO SEE ZIDANE IN THE FIRST RACE (7.25) TONIGHT AND IF HE SHOULD WIN I'M SURE OWNER GARY THOMPSON WILL BE VERY EMOTIONAL. HE IS THE APPLE OF  GARYS EYE AND GARY FREELY ADMITS HE'S GOING TO STRUGGLE TO GET ANOTHER ONE LIKE HIM WHEN THE TIME COMES TO HANG UP HIS MUZZLE! FINGERS CROSSED FOR YOU TONIGHT ZIZOU, WE ALL LOVE YA!!

 

 

MERLIN SAYS 'SPORT OR INDUSTRY?' 

 

WITH GREYHOUND RACING IN FREE FALL AT PRESENT IS IT NOT PARAMOUNT THAT ALL THOSE INVOLVED PULL TOGETHER TO STEM THE TIDE? THIS WEEK ALONE WE'VE HEARD THAT SWINDON TRAINER JOHN PETERSON IS TO CALL IT A DAY AND THAT ONE OF THE COUNTRYS LEADING HANDLERS KELLY FINDLAYS IS TO TAKE AN ENFORCED SABATICAL. WITH COVENTRY LOSING ITS SUNDAY NIGHT RPGTV SLOT AND THUS FAR NOT OBTAINING A BAGS CONTRACT (THAT THEY LOOKED 'NAPPO' TO GET!) WE MUST ASK HOW LONG ITS ENTUSIASTIC PROMOTER HARRY FINDLAY CONTINUE TO SUBSIDISE THE RUNNING OF THAT GREAT TRACK? THIS FOLLOWS THE SAD DEMISE LONG ESTABLISHED TRACKS WALTHAMSTOW, READING AND OXFORD IN RECENT YEARS. THESE PEOPLE AND THESE TRACKS REPRESENT ALL ASPECTS AND BACKGROUNDS TO THOSE CONNECTED WITH GREYHOUND RACING AND THEY HAVE ALL STRUGGLED!!!

 

AS MERLIN SEES IT THIS AN ALTOGETHER TOO FAMILIAR PROBLEM. WITH LITTLE OR NO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FILTERING DOWN FROM THE TOP TO THE GRASS ROOTS LEVEL OF GREYHOUND RACING. WE NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER WE ARE STILL AN INDUSTRY OR IF WE ARE GOING BACK TO BEING A SPORT WHERE ONLY THE ESTABLISHED OR THE MOST AFFLUENT THRIVE! THERE IS NO WAY FOR NEW TRAINERS OR NEW OR STRUGGLING TRACKS ARE TO EXIST IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN TO COME IN TO GREYHOUND RACING AND MAKE A LIVING UNLESS THEY BRING PLENTY OF MONEY IN WITH THEM!! THIS BEING SO ONLY LIMITED NUMBERS (IF ANY) WILL ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH GREYHOUND RACING AND THIS WILL SURELY JEPORDISE ITS VERY EXISTANCE?!!

WHY HAVE WE LET IT GET TO THIS??IS IT A CASE THAT THOSE AT THE TOP WILL OFFER NO LEG UP TO THOSE THAT STRUGGLE? IS IT A CASE THAT THOSE WITH PLENTY HAVE NO DESIRE TO SHARE A LITTLE?? OR IS IT A CASE OF A DELIBERATELY ORCHESTRATED CULL TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPORT??? MERLIN DOESN'T HAVE THE ANSWERS ..... BUT HE FEELS THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR ANY OF THE PREVIOUS REASONS TO BE ACCEPTED. IN MOST SPORTS IN ORDER TO HAVE A PREMIER LEAGUE YOU MUST HAVE A GRASS ROOTS LEVEL AND OUR SPORT IS NO DIFFERENT.MERLIN FEELS THAT THE POWERS THAT BE (WHOEVER THEY ARE NOW?)  SHOULD DECIDE IF WE ARE A SPORT OR AN INDUSTRY? DOES GREYHOUND RACING HAVE TO DOWNSIZE TO SURVIVE?? IF SO IT'S BETTER THAT WE ALL KNOW SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SAY IN OUR OWN DESTINY AND NOT BE TAKEN ALONG, OR EVEN WORSE TAKEN DOWN CLOTH IN THE TRANSISITION.  AT PRESENT WE CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE IN LIMBO!!

 

 

 

SUNDAY MEANS SALMON WITH DENNIS

 

THIS BLOG CENTRES ROUND THE LATEST OF OUR OWNER PROFILES THAT HAVE PROVEN POPULAR IN RECENT WEEKS. TODAYS OWNER IS DENNIS BECKETT. DENNIS JOINED US LATE LAST YEAR AND HAS ALREADY BECOME PART OF THE FURNITURE. LIKE MANY OF  OUR OWNERS DENNIS IS A REGULAR ON SUNDAY MORNING AND THERE IS NOTHING HE  LIKES MORE THAN A STROLL WITH HIS TWO DOGS PARADISE AVIVA (EVIE) AND DALCASH SKYWAY (SEBBY) THROUGH THE LANES OF GAYDON. OFCOURSE SEBBY AND EVIE LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVEN MORE AS DENNIS ALWAYS BRINGS THEM THEIR TREAT ..... A LOVELY PEICE OF SALMON FILLET EACH!!

 

PREVIOUSLY WITH MICHAEL PETERSON AT OXFORD, DENNIS CAME TO US AND ASKED US TO SOURCE A DOG FOR HIM TO RUN AT MONMORE AS HE'D MISSED THE RACING SCENE SINCE MICHEALS RETIREMENT. HE WAS KEEN TO BECOME PART OF OUR KENNEL AS HIM AND I HAD ALWAYS GOT ON WELL AT OXFORD. OFCOURSE WE WERE ONLY TO HAPPY TO TRAIN FOR DENNIS WHO IS A REALLY LIKEABLE CHARACTER AND A VERY LEVELLED FELLA TOO. HE LOVES ALL THE DOGGIE TALK AND BANTER THAT SUNDAY MORNING BRINGS AT VILLAGE FARM AND HAS BEEN QUITE LUCKY AS WELL. PARADISE AVIVA HAS RUN S1 GRADE AND DALCASH SKYWAY ,DESPITE NOT COVERING HIMSELF IN GLORY YET, IS A WICKEDLY FAST PUP WITH TREMENDOUS EARLY PACE AND HE COULD DO VERY WELL FOR DENNIS IN THE FUTURE. IF SO, NONE WOULD BE HAPPIER THAN LIZ AND I AS DENNIS, LIKE MOST WHO CHOSE LILYPAD, IS NOT JUST AN ENTUSIASTIC OWNER HE'S ALSO BECOME A GOOD FRIEND.

 

 

BUDDY TO MISS SUSSEX CUP

 

TRUE TO FORM OF LATE WE SUFFERED ANOTHER SET BACK LAST WEEK WHEN THE HUGELY TALENTED FARLOE BUDDY SUFFERED A PULLED MUSCLE AFTER GALLOPING. BOUGHT BY TERRY KENEALY (ABOVE) AND THREE OF HIS PALS THE DOG IMPRESSED IN HIS FIRST TRIAL POSTING 15.92 FOR THE SPRINT AT COVENTRY. THAT WAS HIS FIRST MARK SINCE BEING ELIMINATED IN THE THIRD ROUND OF THE DERBY AND WE WERE VERY PLEASED. BUDDY WAS DUE TO TRIAL AT HOVE LAST THURSDAY AND THEN TAKE HIS PLACE IN THE SUSSEX CUP BUT SADLY A VISIT TO SIMON GOWER ON WEDNESDAY CONFIRMED OUR FEARS THAT THE DOG HAD INDEED PICKED UP A NIGGLE WHEN GALLOPING. ROTTEN LUCK FOR TERRY AND THE BOYS BUT BETTER TO GET THE DOG ONE HUNDRED PERCENT BEFORE COMPETING.

 

IT'S ONLY A MINOR PROBLEM AND THE DOG WILL RETURN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TIME. I'M SURE THE LADS WILL HAVE LOTS OF FUN WITH HIM THEN. 

 

 

FOUR SUPERBLY BRED PUPS FOR SALE

 

THE FIRST PUP OFFERED FOR SALE IS A TEN MONTH OLD DOG SAPLING BY BALLYMAC ACE AND PARADISE DIGICOM. THIS IS BALLYMAC ACES FIRST LITTER BORN AND WITH THE REST OF HIS LITTER THIS FELLA IS CURRENTLY WITH OUR REARER IN WALES. THE LITTER HAVE FLOURISHED THUS FAR AND ARE ALL A GOOD SIZE. OUR BOY IS THE BIGGEST OF THE TWO DOGS. HE WILL RACE AT OVER 33 KILOS AND IS A FINE SPECIMEN. HE CAN BE REARED ON IF REQUIRED AT £80 A MONTH. OUR REARER REALLY LIKES THIS LITTER, SHE CONSIDERS THEM NATURALLY GIFTED AND SAYS THAT THEY MOVE AND HUNT LIKE ADULT HOUNDS ALREADY. YOURS TRULY HAS NAMED THE PUP FOR SALE 'ACE OF PACE' AND IS ONLY SELLING HIM DUE TO FURTHER COMMITMENTS INVOLING BREEDING. THE DOG CAN VIEWED AND IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY, THE FIRST TO SEE HIM WILL WANT HIM FOR SURE.

 

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE THE KENNEL HAS RECENTLY MANAGED TO SECURE THREE SUPERBLY BRED PUPS (LIKE THOSE PICTURED ABOVE) FROM A TOP BREEDER AND BY PROVEN OPEN CLASS DAMS AND THESE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. A DOG AND TWO BITCHES ARE OFFERED FOR SALE IN VARIOUS GUISES. THE DOG AND HIS SISTER ARE BY KINLOCH BRAE AND THE OTHER LADY IS BY DROOPYS SCOLARI. AT PRESENT THEY ARE STILL VERY YOUNG BUT I HAVE SECURED THE SERVICES OF AN EXCELLENT REARER WHO WILL GIVE THEM EVERYTHING NEEDED TO SEE THEM THROUGH TO RACING AGE.

 

THE PUPS CAN BE BOUGHT AS INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES OR ON A PURCHASE/REARED SCHEME. WITH THEIR BREEDING AND A GOOD REARERON BOARD THE CHANCE OF ACQUIRING A GOOD CLASS RACER ARE SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED. YOU CANNOT BUY BREEDING LIKE THIS ON THE OPEN MARKET, ONE DAM IS A GRANDAUGHTER OF FARLOE VERDICT AND THE OTHER A LITTER SISTER TO FEAR ZAFONIC AND SO THESE PUPS WILL SOON BE SOLD. ANYONE WANTING FULL INFORMATION ON COLOURS, BLOODLINES AND PRICES CAN RING PAT ON 01926 658425. 

 

 

EVERY TURN UP A BLIND ALLEY

 

I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID BEFORE  '... EVERY TURN I MAKE IS UP A BLIND ALLEY!'  WELL FOR US THATS JUST HOW IT SEEMS OF LATE AS WE STRUGGLE TO REASSEMBLE OUR RACING STRENGTH AT MONMORE. THOSE WHO ARE WITH US KNOW THE EXTENT OF OUR INJURY PROBLEMS IN THE PAST SIX WEEKS, FOR TOO MANY DOGS ARE UNDER TREATMENT (ABOVE) AND  IT'S BEEN HARD TO SAY THE LEAST. NOT CONTENT WITH STIFLING US IN HAT MANNER IT NOW SEEMS THAT JUST AS WE ARE BEGINNING TO RE-TRIAL MANY OF OUR FORMER CASUALTIES NATURE HAS DECIDED THAT OUR BITCHES SHOULD BEGIN TO BREAK IN SEASON.

 

POOR DENNIS BECKETT HAD WAITED FOR 5 WEEKS FOR HIS PARADISE AVIVA TO HEAL FROM HER INJURY THEN THE MOMENT WE ENTER HER FOR A TRIAL ... BINGO! ... SHE DROPS IN SEASON!! OUR HEART GOES TO ANY AND ALL THAT SUFFER THAT FATE,  VERY HARD LUCK INDEED. HOPE THERE AREN'T TOO MANY THAT FOLLOW EVIES LEAD!!

 

WE ARE MAKING INROADS IN TO OUR INJURY CRISIS HOWEVER, AND WE WILL COME AGAIN. HARD WORK AND FOCUS ARE NOT LACKING IN ALL AT VILLAGE FARM AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND SUPPORT OVER THE PAST MONTHS. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF OPTIMSTIC COMMENT FROM OWNERS THAT HAVE SUFFERED POOR FORTUNE, AS ALWAYS OUR OWNERS ARE STEADFAST AND LOYAL AND FOR THAT WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.

 

 

NICE TO SEE DAVE FIRING AGAIN

 

ALTHOUGH SOME MAY ARGUE IT WAS ONLY AN S1 GRADE IT WAS STILL GREAT TO SEE FARLOE MYSTERIO (DAVE) WIN AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. WHEN HE TRAPS OVER THE 630 HE IS STILL A REALLY DECENT DOG. REPETITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE KEY TO THIS FELLA AND LAST NIGHT PROVED THAT AS HE HAD HIS SECOND CONSEQUTIVE RUN OVER THE DISTANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR. TRAPPING IS ESSENTIAL IN ALL ASPECTS OF GREYHOUND RACING BUT WHEN THERE IS ONLY A SHORT RUN TO THE BEND ITS VITAL!! WHEN IN FRONT HE SHOWS GREAT SPEED AND I'M SURE HE WILL BUILD ON LAST NIGHTS PERFORMANCE.

 

I MENTIONED ON YESTERDAYS BLOG THAT I THOUGHT WE COULD WIN THE S1 WITH EITHER RUNNER BUT I COULD NEVER ENCISAGE WHAT FATE BESTOWED OUR OTHER RUNNER PARADISE PACIFIC!! HE UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO TOW PAUL SALLIS' ABBEYVALE USHER ROUND FOR 600 MTERES WHEN, AFTER IMPACT AT THE FIRST, USHERS MUZZLE LODGED ITSELF IN TO THE FASTENINGS OF PACIFIC RACEING JACKET. UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!

 

 

 

ANOTHER GOOD CARD AT MONNY

 

TONIGHT SEES ANOTHER REALY COMPETITIVE CARD FOR MONMORES RPGTV MEETING WHICH STARTS AT 7.25PM ON SKY CHANNEL 212. ON THE SOFA AS GUEST TONIGHT IS A GOOD PAL OF MINE JASON HEATH, A REALLY NICE GUY AND A VERY CAPABLE HANDLER. I SAW JASON AT SIMON GOWERS VETERINARY SURGERY IN SWINDON YESTERDAY AND I TOLD HIM THEN THAT I DIDN'T ENVY HIM HAVING TO FIND WINNERS FROM THE RACES AT WOLVERHAMPTON. HE'LL DO FINE THOUGH I'M SURE HE'S MORE THAN CAPABLE AND HE'LL HAVE A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OD HIS HOME TRACK BRIGHTON AND THERE CARD THIS EVENING.

 

AT MONMORE WE HAVE ONE OR TWO OPENS IN AMONG THE GRADED VENTS AND DERBY WINNER TRAINER CHARLIE LISTER GIVES LEMON PLUTO AN AIRING PRESUMABLY AHEAD OF THE GOLD CUP. HOWEVER THE STAR OF THE SHOW MAY WELL PROVE TO BE DROOPYS LONDON WHO COULD BE A REALLY SMART PUP IN THE MAKING. DEAN CHILDS NOVICE WAS ULTRA IMPRESSIVE LAST WEEK AND THIS DOG COULD BE THE REAL THING. DESPITE HIS TRAP TWO DRAW I'D EXPECT HIM TO CONFIRM HIS SUPERIORITY ON THE CLOCK AND WIN HIS MAIDEN FINAL WELL. FROM OUR KENNELS POINT OF VIEW EITHER OF OUR RUNNERS IN THE S1 COULD PROVIDE US WITH A WINNER, WHILE CHANGING SKY, DESPITE BEING IN GREAT FORM AND GIRLS ON FILM RUNNING THROUGH SEASON MAY JUST FIND ONE OR TWO TOO GOOD FOR THEM ON THIS OCCASSION. FINGERS CROSSED!

 

 

GREAT SERVANT KUDOS RETIRES

 

 

KENNEL FAVOURITE KILLISHIN KUDOS (TRAP 1) HAS BEEN RETIRED FROM RACING AND WILL NOW BE RE-HOMED. BARNEY, AS HE IS KNOWN TO ALL AT THE KENNELS, HAS JUST PAST HIS FIFTH BIRTHDAY AND UNFORTUNATELY RUPTURED A FLEXOR TENDON IN THE NEAR FORE IN A RECENT RACE AT MONMORE. YOURS TRULY AND OWNER BARRY WARNER TOOK THE OBVIOUS DECISION TO EXCUSE HIM FROM FURTHER DUTIES AS THIS WOULD HAVE REQUIRED SURGERY AND A MINIMUM OF 2-3 MONTHS REHABILITATION TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO RACE AGAIN. HE CAN REST NOW AND ENJOY A LESS HECTIC LIFESTYLE THAT HE'S DEFINATELY EARNED, THE DOG GAVE HIS ALL IN EVERY RUN AND DID BARRY AND US PROUD.

 

 

 

BARNEY MANAGED A COMBINED 130 RACES IN HIS MONMORE AND OXFORD CAREERS. HE ONLY WON 17 TIMES, BUT PROBABLY LED TO THE RUN IN A FURTHER 70 IN HIS RACING, BUT HE NEVER REALLY GOT THE DISTANCE AT MONMORE AND THE 450M AT OXFORD SUITED HIM FAR BETTER. BARRY BOUGHT HIM FROM OUR FORMER OWNER CHRIS KYME ALONG WITH ANOTHER BRINDLE STEEL DIAMOND WHO ALSO DID HIM PROUD. ALL THE STAFF AND OWNERS ALIKE LOVE THIS FELLA AND ALL WOULD TESTIFY TO NEVER SEEING HIM ANY OTHER WAY BUT HAPPY. HE'S A FRIENDLY WONDERFUL GREYHOUND WHO LOVES PEOPLE AND  WAS A JOY TO WORK WITH. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED WHEN HE GETS HIS PLACEMENT BUT ALL OF US HERE WISH HIM ALONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT WITH PLENTY OF TREATS AND LOADS OF 'SOFA TIME!' 

 

 

RELISHING GETTING BACK IN THE MIX

 

YOURS TRULY IS RELISHING GETTING BACK ON THE OPEN RACE TRAIL IN THE COMING MONTHS AND IS HOT ON THE TAIL OF SOME WOULD-BE PROTAGONISTS AT PRESENT. SOURCING ESTABLISHED OR PROSPECTIVE OPEN RACE GREYHOUNDS IS NEVER EASY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LONG STANDING WITH THE LILYPAD NAME WILL KNOW THAT I WOULD NEVER  TAKE THE PURCHASE OF THE SAID TYPE LIGHTLY. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVEN'T HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF TRUE OPEN RACE RUNNERS BUT WHEN WE HAVE WE HAVE (A) DONE PATRICULARLY WELL WITH THEM AND (B) NEVER PAID OVER THE ODDS FOR THEM. I WOULD NEVER BUY OR PAY A PRICE FOR A GREYHOUND OF ANY DESCRIPTION THAT I WOULDN'T  DO SO FOR MYSELF.

 

IN THE COMING WEEKS MORE GREYHOUNDS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE TO THE KENNEL AND ITS OWNERS. OUR SOURCES ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO SEND THE RIGHT HOUNDS OUR WAY. THERE WILL BE ONE OR TWO OPEN RACE PROSPECTS AMONG THEM, AND SOME THAT WOULD BE MORE SUITED TO MONMORE BUT ALL WILL BE VALUE TO A PROSPECTIVE OWNER. WE KEEP OUR DOGS RUNNING TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN BUT CAREERS DO END, SOME THROUGH AGE AND SOME THROUGH INJURY. WHATS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE 'DUST OURSELVES OFF AND GET BACK IN THE MIX'  LOOKING TO ADD TO THE GOOD NIGHTS WE'VE HAD!!

 

PLEASE BE SURE TO EITHER RING (OR TALK TO ME IN PERSON WHEN VISITING) IF YOU ARE KEEN TO PURCHASE OR EVEN BE INVOLVED IN THE PURCHASE OF A NEW GREYHOUND AND I WILL DO MY UTMOST TO SOURCE ONE THAT BEST SUITS YOUR CRITERIA AND YOUR BUDGET. 

 

 

 

CHRISSY B IS HALF WAY THERE

 

LOYAL OWNER CHRIS BIRKENHEAD IS AROUND HALF WAY  THROUGH THE REARING PROCESS OF HIS LITTER OF PUPS BY HIS BITCH PARADISE DIGICOM AND ACE TRACKER BALLYMAC ACE. CHRIS HAS BEEN WITH US FOR AROUND THREE YEARS NOW AND DURING THAT TIME HAS HAD PLENTY OF UPS AND DOWNS! HE CAME TO US WITH A NICE LITTER OF FOUR PUPS BY HIS FORMER OXFORD BITCH BUA NANCY AND SI SENOR. THEY DID WELL AT MONMORE, PRETTY MUCH WINNING THEIR FAIR SHARE AND ONE IN PATRICULAR (CORNISH LEGEND) HAD A GREAT WIN TO RUN RATIO. AFTER THAT CHRIS OWNED NEWINN WISH WHO, AFTER A  PROMISING START DIDN'T REALLY PROGRESS AND WAS SOLD TO BRIGHTON. FARLEY WAS A REALLY NICE PUP THAT CHRIS OWNED FIFTY PERCENT OF WITH ANN CROFT. HE HAD GREAT EARLY AND WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM MATURING BEFORE HE WAS SUDDENLY TAKEN FROM US IN A RACING ACCIDENT AT MONMORE.

 

SO MIXED FORTUNES FOR CHRISSY THUS FAR  BUT HE HAS THIS LITTER TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND FINGERS CROSSED ALL GOES WELL FOR HIM. THEY CERTAINLY LOOK THE PART ALREADY!! COMING FROM A TRAINING BACKGROUND HAS HELPED CHRIS POSSESS A KEY INGREDIENT FOR AN OWNER, HE NEVER GETS TOO ANIMATED AND MANAGES TO TAKE EVERYTHING IN HIS STRIDE. HE IS VERY WELL LIKED BY ALL AT VILLAGE FARM AND TRAINING HIS DOGS IS A PLEASURE LIZ AND I ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR.

 

 

ANOTHER DOUBLE AT MONNY

 

LAST NIGHTS MONMORE RACING SAW THE KENNEL MANAGE ANOTHER DOUBLE WITH LONGWOOD PEBBLE (ABOVE) WINNING THE FIRST RACE AND BARRY WARNERS CATHYS EXPRESS SMASHING OUT FROM HER BELOVED TRAP ONE BERTH TO MAKE ALL LATER ON. BOTH DOGS LOOKED FAR BETTER DRAWN THAN IN PREVIOUS RUNS AND TOOK THEIR CHANCES VERY WELL.

 

ITS A WELCOME CHANGE IN LUCK FOR OUR DOGS AFTER WEEKS OF TURMOIL AND PARTICULAR MISFORTUNE WITH INJURIES. OUR RACING STRENGTH WAS ALL BUT DECIMATED AND WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING WITH OUR LOWEST NUMBER OF RUNNERS AVAILABLE SINCE JOINING MONMORE NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. LETS HOPE THE TIDE CAN CONTINUE TO TURN AND THERE ARE MORE SMILES THAT FROWNS IN THE COMING WEEKS!

 

 

TOP DOUBLE AT MONNY YESTERDAY

 

YESTERDAYS BAGS SAW A WELCOME REPRIVE IN THE FORM OF THE KENNEL WHEN WE SCORED WITH A NICE DOUBLE. HOMEBRED BRINDLE IN THE KNOW KICKED THINGS OFF IN THE VERY FIRST RACE WHEN BOLTING FROM TRAPS TO MAKE A EVERY STRIDE A WINNING ONE IN A CAREER BEST 29.09. I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THIS LAD HAS TERRIFIC EARLY PACE AND STACKS OF ABILITY BUT DOESN'T ALWAYS RUN HIS RACE OUT BUT OF LATE THERE HAS BEEN A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN HIS PERFORMANCES. HE'S DEVELOPING A VERY NICE WIN TO RUN RATIO.

 

THE SAME COULD BE SAID OF OUR SECOND WINNER, PETE DAWSON AND MICKY LOWES PARADISE RIO. THIS LAD IS BRED IN THE PURPLE AND HAS GREAT RAW SPEED BUT ALTHOUGH HE HAS WON TWO FROM FOUR (HE WAS KO'D IN ONE OF THOSE FOUR) HE HAS YET TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE ONE RACE! YESTERDAY HE COMPLETELY MISSED HIS BREAK BUT TRACKED WELL AND SHOWED GOOD DETERMINATION TO LEAD BETWEEN BENDS THREE AND FOUR AND GOING ON TO HOLD THE FAST FINISHING WHINMOOR PIXIE IN 28.97.

 

RIO NOW CONTESTS THE FINAL OF THE OWNERS BONUS SERIES (A4) NEXT FRIDAY. FINGERS CROSSED HE'LL PUT HIS BEST FOOT FORWARD RIGHT FROM THE OFF!! 

 

 

THE TIDE WILL TURN EVENTUALLY

 

I THINK ITS FAIR TO SAY THAT THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS KENNEL (FOR WHATEVER REASON) HAVEN'T ENJOYED THE BEST OF LUCK IN RECENT WEEKS. WE'VE SUFFERED ALOT OF INJURIES TO SOME VERY TALENTED HOUNDS AND AT PRESENT OUR STRENGTH IS PROBABLY AT ITS WEAKEST SINCE JOINING MONMORE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS FOR THIS, (SOME PRINTABLE SOME NOT) AND FEEL SURE THAT IN TIME THEY WILL CHANGE. THESE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGING TIMES BUT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE AND WE'LL COME THROUGH THIS AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS CHALLENGING AND YOUR FAITH CAN BE SEVERELY TESTED BUT WE DO ALWAYS COME THROUGH IT IN THE END. OUR IS A KENNEL THAT STILL WORKS HARD TO DO RIGHT BY THE OWNER AND THEIR DOG(S) THAT MEANS FULL POTENTIAL FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE NOT CHEW ONE THEN SPIT ONE OUT. WE DO HAVE NEW DOGS ON THE HORIZON HOWEVER AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE AFFORDED SIMILAR GRATUITIES TO THOSE SOME OF THEIR COMPETITORS HAVE RECIEVED OF LATE.

 

KEEP THE FAITH GANG, WE'LL BOUNCE BACK!!

 

 

 

 



MICK AND THE TEAM DO US PROUD

NORMAL SERVICE IS RESUMED TODAY AT VILLAGE FARM, FOR LIZ AND I THE HOLIDAY IS OVER AND ITS BACK TO WORK AGAIN. MICK AND THE TEAM DID US PROUD WHILE WE WERE AWAY AND ALLOWED US TO RELAX IN A PROBLEM FREE ENVIROMENT SO ONCE AGAIN A HUGE THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED AND TO ALL YOU OWNERS THAT CO-OPERATED AND ALLOWED US OUR LITTLE BREAK BY GOING THROUGH MICHAEL FOR THE WEEK.

YOURS TRULY HAD PLANNED TO MAINTAIN THE BLOG FROM THE USA BUT GREMLINS IN OUR WEBSITE AND IN THE BLOGGER SERVICE MEANT THAT WAS UNTENNABLE. A NORMAL SERVICE WITH ALL OUR MEDIA OPTIONS SHOULD  BE RESUMED FROM THIS MORNING HOWEVER SO LOG IN FROM NOW ON AND YOU WILL RECIEVE THE UPTODATE NEWS AS IT HAPPENS, OR VIEW US THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK OR TWITTER PAGES.

 

 

 

JUST SEE IT FOR WHAT IT WAS

 

WHAT A WEEKEND!! A FANTASTIC CLIMAX TO THE GREYHOUND DERBY AT WIMBLEDON! THE FINAL WAS A WONERFUL RACE IN WHICH NEARLY EVERY RUNNER SHOWED AT SOME POINT AND KEPT YOU ON THE EDGE OF YPUE SEAT RIGHT UP TO THE LINE. ALL THE RUNNERS IN THE LINE UP WERE THERE ON MERIT AND NONE OF THEM LET THE PUBLIC DOWN. IT WAS PURE THEATRE FROM LID RISE.

 

MANY THINGS WILL BE AND INDEED HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT CHARLIE LISTERS (ABOVE) ACHIEVEMENT WITH THIS AND SO MANY DOGS AND ALL THOROUGHLY DESERVED. SO YOURS TRULY WAS AGASPED AT THE REACTIONS OF SOME OF THE BIGGEST FIGURES IN OUR SPORT AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS REGARDING CHARLIES POST DERBY INTERVIEW. ANYONE WHO WATCHED THAT PEICE OF TELEVISION COULD SEE HOW MUCH WINNING MEANT TO THE OWNERS, CHARLIE AND HIS STAFF. THEY WERE ALL FULLY CHARGD WITH ADRENALIN, VERY PUMPED UPAND WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE! TO SAY THAT CHARLIES COMMENTS WERE DISPARAGING TO THE IRISH DOGS OR INTIMATE THAT THEY WERE A DIG AT THE IRISH PEOPLE OR THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE IS UTTER MADNESS. IT WAS CHARLIE HAVING A DIG AT THE EXTENT OF THE MEDIA COVERAGE AFFORDED TO THE IRISH CHALLENGE AND THE IRISH FINALISTS IN RELATION TO THAT OF OTHERS IN THE COMPETITION. NO MORE TO SEE THAT FLAGGED UP AS AN ISSUE FOR DEBATE ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE IS AN UTTER DISGRACE.

 

SIDAZ JACK, SIMON WOODER AND DARREN JOHNSON, CHARLIE LISTER AND HIS STAFF HAVE WON THE 2013 DERBY ........ THATS THE ONLY SUBJECT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION THAT CANNOT BE MANIPULATED OR CHALLENGED!! WELL DONE CHARLIE.